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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 2013: High and very high fire risk areas: community water systems: preparedness and resiliency.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 2013 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: High and very high fire risk areas: community water systems: preparedness and resiliency. Primary sponsor: Steve Bennett (D). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 7, 2026): From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas.

This bill would require a community water system that services more than 100 customers that are located in a high or very high fire risk area, as defined, to include an annex to its disaster preparedness plans, as provided, that includes information regarding system preparedness and resiliency during a wildfire. The bill would require the annex to contain several things, including, among others, an assessment that identifies the minimum number of and type of water pumps that are necessary to maintain average daily capacity, including, but not limited to, the operation of fire hydrant systems at the rated capacity. The bill would require the community water system, beginning January 1, 2028, to review the annex at least once every 3 years and to update the annex as necessary.

The bill would prohibit anything contained in the annex from enlarging or diminishing any existing liability and would prohibit information provided in the annex from, on its own, demonstrating a substantial cause of any damages resulting from a wildfire.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve BennettPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly38
Patrick AhrensCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly26
David AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly80
Rebecca Bauer-KahanCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly16
Damon ConnollyCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly12
John HarabedianCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly41
Gregg HartCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly37
Sasha Renée PérezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Henry SternCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
  2. In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
  3. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
  4. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
  5. (Pending re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M.)
  6. Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4433.)
  7. Referred to Coms. on E.M and E.S & T.M.
  8. From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
  9. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page